SERANGOON PRISONER OF WAR CAMP IN SINGAPORE [Allocated Title]

With the British reoccupation of Singapore, Indian prisoners of war at Serangoon Road camp receive food and medical attention.

Two left-to-right pans of Singapore from the Cathay Building. Street-level shot; General Christison (commander XV Indian Corps) arrives at the Cathay Building accompanied by an unidentified brigadier. High shot overlooking a church (?) with civilians milling about. At Serangoon prisoner of war (POW) camp Indian former prisoners pick through bundles of vegetation ‘weed[ing] out daily food’ (from the dopesheet). Former prisoners tending their vegetable patch. Four emaciated prisoners, each suffering from beri-beri, sitting on a bench awaiting attention from a medical officer. They are named as Sepoy Chandu Ram (2nd Battalion 10th Baluch Regiment), Sepoy Din Mohammed (Bengal Sappers and Miners), Sepoy Wali Mohammed (2nd Battalion 10th Baluch Regiment) and Sepoy Haji Mohammed (3rd Indian Anti-Aircraft Regiment). Close-ups of the POWs. One of the POWs is examined by a medical officer. Sepoy Rattan Chand, a Dogra from Kangra in Punjab, of 2nd Battalion 10th Baluch Regiment, exercises under the supervision of Captain Praturi Venkata Ramaniah MBBS, Indian Medical Service. Pan showing the hut housing the Indian other ranks’ kitchens. Men sitting nearby eating. Men eating from mess tins or metal dishes; some eat with spoons and some with their hands. Three men winnow rice with their hands. A mostly cheerful group of POWs wash their plates etc at a stand pipe. Pan of part of the camp, with wooden tables apparently fitted with water pipes. Low-angle medium close-up of badly scarred Naik Sher Mohammed, 3rd Cavalry, blinded after his truck struck a mine while collecting sand from an east Malayan beach. Change of location; in a street in Singapore a crowd of Chinese civilians clamour for leaflets issued by the British Military Administration.

35mm